The Guardian - November 26, 2024

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November 26, 2024

Labour makes pledge to ensure 'no young person is left behind'

Premier League joins scheme to get jobless into work or education

4 mins

Trump criminal cases are dropped

Special counsel prosecutors dismissed the two federal criminal cases against Donald Trump in separate court filings yesterday, as they bowed to the reality that they would not be completed or proceed to trial before Trump returns to the presidency next year.

3 mins

Israel close to ceasefire deal with Lebanon

Israel's security cabinet is due to meet today to decide on a ceasefire agreement with Lebanon after more than a year of fighting between Israeli forces and the Shia militia Hezbollah.

3 mins

Surge in single women having IVF or donor insemination

The number of single women in the UK undergoing fertility treatment to start a family has more than trebled in a decade, a report has revealed.

2 mins

Film review Fab Four radiate bafflement and joy in absorbing snapshot of US debut

The Beatles' breaking of America – that mythic, ecstatic moment that restored Britain's postwar pride and became an enduring cornerstone of our soft power self-respect – is the subject of an absorbing documentary from director David Tedeschi.

2 mins

'Mini-moon' asteroid orbiting Earth set to disappear until 2055

A so-called mini-moon of Earth that has been lingering in the heavens since September began a journey towards the sun yesterday as it prepares to disappear until 2055.

1 min

Fatal Vilnius crash could be sabotage, German minister says

The fatal crash of a DHL cargo plane as it approached Vilnius airport could have been the result of sabotage, Germany's foreign minister has said.

2 mins

Two Britons missing after Red Sea dive boat capsizes

Two Britons are reported to be among 16 people missing after a tourist boat capsized in the Red Sea.

1 min

Man arrested after shooting of eight-year-old in London

A 22-year-old man has been arrested after an eight-year-old girl was seriously wounded when shots were fired into a car in west London.

2 mins

Criticism of Met Office and flood defences amid storm wreckage

Forecasters, environment officials and politicians have been strongly criticised over the warnings issued before Storm Bert and the fitness of flood defences to cope with increasingly common extreme weather.

3 mins

'No lessons learned' Anger in south Wales as history repeats itself

After the anguish came the anger. As flood waters subsided across the south Wales valleys and devastated residents and business owners surveyed the damage done by Storm Bert, questions were being asked about whether warnings were adequate.

3 mins

'Devastating' Investigation after tractor smashes doors and windows

Police are investigating after a tractor drove through a flooded high street in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, creating a wave of water that hit local businesses, smashing windows and knocking doors open.

2 mins

Weight-loss drugs found to cut risk of kidney malfunction

Weight-loss drugs can reduce the risk of worsening kidney function, kidney failure and dying from kidney disease by a fifth, according to a study.

2 mins

Bah, humbug: Vandal smashes gravestone of Ebenezer Scrooge

\"Marley was dead: to begin with,\" reads the start of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, the ghostly morality tale of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge who, through a series of encounters with spirits in the early hours of Christmas morning, realises he needs to change his ways.

1 min

New Royal Opera director to fuse music and technology

Netia Jones, who won acclaim for directing the Royal Opera's first virtual reality production, Current, Rising, is to become the company's associate director.

1 min

Government pledge to aid former soldier captured in Russia

The British government has promised to do all it can to assist a British former soldier fighting for Ukraine who has been taken prisoner by the Russian army.

2 mins

The 'grande dame of blockbusters', Barbara Taylor Bradford, dies at 91

Barbara Taylor Bradford, the best-selling author of novels including A Woman of Substance, has died aged 91, her publisher has confirmed.

3 mins

Farms IFS urges ministers to delay inheritance tax change

Ministers should give farmers an inheritance tax holiday for the next few years, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said as it warned that government changes to agricultural taxes risked treating some landowners unfairly.

2 mins

Don't 'whack' business again after treating it as budget cash cow - CBI

The chair of the Confederation of British Industry, Rupert Soames, accused the government of treating employers as a \"cash cow\" yesterday as he urged ministers to water down plans for workers' rights.

2 mins

Time for a new election?

It's been four whole months and Starmer still hasn't fixed things

2 mins

Thousands die each year in unrelieved pain, study finds

An estimated 20 terminally ill people die in unrelieved pain each day, according to a study by the independent Office of Health Economics.

1 min

Stubbs's celebrated Spanish Pointer set to fetch £2m

George Stubbs's celebrated painting of a Spanish pointer dog is to be auctioned at Sotheby's for the first time since 1972.

2 mins

Special needs crisis 'creates pipeline from school exclusion to criminal exploitation'

The crisis in special needs education has left children vulnerable to criminal and sexual exploitation, experts have warned, as parents of victims describe years of failed attempts to get support.

2 mins

Novichok bottle 'picked up minutes after it was discarded'

A \"bin surfer\" may have found a fake perfume bottle containing a deadly nerve agent just minutes after it was discarded by agents trying to assassinate former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, a police counter-terrorism chief has said.

2 mins

'People got embarrassed' Ethiopians and Eritreans on the legacy of Band Aid

Forty years on, Yared Markos's memories of famine in rural Ethiopia are vivid. His father was a geotechnical engineer, and as a boy he travelled with him from the city to his homeland's countryside.

2 mins

Lammy urged to fulfil pledge to help Britons jailed abroad

Alicia Kearns, as a former Foreign Office official and an outspoken voice on foreign affairs, is an MP who understands how the department ticks.

2 mins

Feeling abandoned by Britain Five arbitrarily held for years

The cases of five British men, held for years without a fair trial, are being highlighted as MPs, families, and campaigners fight for their release and better help for all those arbitrarily detained abroad.

7 mins

UK aims to forge global coalition for action on climate

The UK will seek a global coalition to push for climate action after a fractious end to UN climate talks in Azerbaijan, Ed Miliband has pledged.

2 mins

Professor quits Royal Society over Musk's membership

A leading scientist has resigned from the Royal Society, the UK's national academy of sciences, over concerns about Elon Musk's continuing fellowship.

1 min

Wales prepares to introduce visitor charge for people staying overnight

People who stay in Wales overnight, including children, are set to be charged a visitor levy under a scheme that could raise up to £33m a year, which would be ploughed back into tourism and culture.

2 mins

Tell cinemas to turn volume up, says Wicked director after muffled-movie complaints

The Wicked director, Jon M Chu, is encouraging audience members to ask cinemas to turn up the volume on his blockbuster musical after some viewers reported sound issues.

1 min

Israel used US-made guided bomb in strike that killed three journalists

A Guardian investigation has found that Israel used a US munition to target and kill three journalists and wound three more in a 25 October attack in Lebanon which legal experts have called a potential war crime.

4 mins

Peace talks Polarised opinions among the Israelis displaced by war

Here is a crack, a boom and a siren, almost simultaneously. Sergio Helman has not quite reached the concrete shelter a dozen metres from his hummus restaurant, off Route 99, which marks the northernmost limit of the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona.

2 mins

'Invisible epidemic': third of women in EU have faced violence, survey finds

Every third woman across the EU has experienced physical violence, including threats, or sexual violence, a survey has revealed, in what one official described as an \"invisible epidemic\".

3 mins

'We need a revolution' Italian victim's sister campaigns for change

Just a day after being told that her sister Giulia was dead, Elena Cecchettin was interviewed on live TV outside the family home in Vigonovo, a small town close to Venice. Floral tributes were tied to the railings behind her, and a torchlight procession attended by thousands of well-wishers was under way. But Elena was not looking for sympathy. \"Don't hold a minute of silence for Giulia - burn everything,\" she said. \"We need a cultural revolution to ensure that Giulia's case is the last.\"

3 mins

Pelicot trial Prosecutors seek 20-year jail term for rapist husband

French prosecutors have demanded that Dominique Pelicot be jailed for 20 years, the maximum available sentence, for having drugged and raped his wife, Gisèle, and invited at least 70 strangers to rape and abuse her over a decade.

2 mins

Pro-Russia Nato critic in Romanian presidential runoff vote

An ultranationalist, Moscow-friendly Nato critic is set to face a centre-right candidate in the runoff of Romania's presidential elections after a shock first-round result that could jeopardise its support for Ukraine.

2 mins

Islamabad locked down to deter rally in support of ex-PM Khan

Pakistan's capital was put under lockdown as the government shut down the internet, blocked highways and brought in thousands of police and paramilitaries in an effort to prevent supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan protesting in Islamabad.

1 min

Klitschko warns US podcaster he is repeating Putin's propaganda

The podcaster Joe Rogan is \"repeating Russian propaganda\" about the war in Ukraine, the former world heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko said on social media, adding that Rogan should invite him on his podcast to discuss the issue \"like free men\".

1 min

Macy's says worker hid up to $154m in expenses

Macy's revealed yesterday that a single employee had been responsible for hiding up to $154m (£122m) in expenses over the course of nearly three years, prompting the company to delay the release of its quarterly earnings report.

1 min

Kennedy's Views on prescription drugs alarm US health experts

Public health experts are concerned that, if confirmed, Donald Trump's choice for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - Robert F Kennedy Jr - could restrict access to pharmaceutical treatments in favor of more experimental approaches.

2 mins

FCA labelled 'incompetent at best' in MPs' report

Britain's financial sector watchdog is \"incompetent at best, dishonest at worst\", according to a damning report by MPs and peers that called for a big shake-up.

1 min

ITV share price jumps amid rumours of takeover battle

ITV's share price has jumped after a report that several investors are considering making bids for the British broadcaster.

2 mins

Barclays fined £40m after failing to disclose Qatar deal

Barclays will pay a fine of £40m for \"reckless\" failures to disclose a fundraising deal with Qatar at the height of the financial crisis, after the British bank agreed to withdraw a legal challenge against it.

2 mins

Barclays accepts a fine over Qatari payments but says it did nothing wrong. This is a cop-out

A regulatory ruling that your conduct was \"reckless and lacked integrity\" is meant to be a highly serious matter for a bank.

2 mins

B&Q owner says UK tax increases will cost it £31m

The B&Q owner, Kingfisher, has said uncertainty over the UK government's budget hit consumer spending, and it will pay an extra £31m in taxes after the rise in national insurance.

1 min

Debt, IT woes and no chief executive What returning Asda boss has in store

Allan Leighton faces a back-to-thefuture challenge as he once again takes charge at struggling Asda.

3 mins

Trump tariffs on imports from China 'could lower world prices'

Donald Trump imposing massive US tariffs on Chinese imports could drag down global inflation by lowering the price of goods in other countries, a senior Bank of England policymaker has said.

2 mins

Under a cloud After a monumental season, Sinner's biggest opponent is now off the court

At the end of the 2023 tennis season, as Jannik Sinner had elevated his game to new heights and his Italy team to their first Davis Cup title in 46 years, there was one comparison to note.

3 mins

'Winning the Ashes in Australia would mean more than anything'

The big interview Joe Root Ashe steels himself for his 150th Test tomorrow, the start ofacrucial period for England, the record-breaking batter is intent on seizing the day

7 mins

'Fiercely competitive' McCullum must make sure England are at the races from outset

As a sideline to the day job as England's head coach, Brendon McCullum owns and breeds racehorses in his native New Zealand.

4 mins

Verstappen in 'that club' with Senna and Hamilton

Red Bull chief Horner claims his driver's fourth, and most challenging, world title puts him in same class as the greats

3 mins

The two Lukes and a sport caught between silly and serious

Speed with which darts has changed is almost surreal, but it hardly matters when it attracts so many eyeballs

3 mins

Spurs blow as Vicario faces long spell out after surgery

Guglielmo Vicario has had surgery to repair an ankle fracture sustained in Tottenham's 4-0 Premier League win at Manchester City on Saturday.

1 min

Arteta seeks ruthless edge to fix away-day woes in Europe

Mikel Arteta has challenged his Arsenal team to fix their patchy European away form against a vibrant Sporting tonight, admitting they need to improve a record of one win in their past eight continental trips.

1 min

I've got my mojo back ... I actually felt unwell at the end at Chelsea'

After recharging her batteries in the US, Emma Hayes reflects on the grind of club coaching and fresh ambitions

3 mins

Wan-Bissaka seals West Ham win to take heat off Lopetegui

On a bitterly cold Tyneside night, West Ham finally remembered how to fight back.

2 mins

Guardiola insists ageing squad is not behind City's alarming drop in form

Pep Guardiola has denied that a key factor in Manchester City's run of five consecutive defeats is that nine of his squad are aged 30 or older, with the manager pointing to how the same players were Premier League champions last season.

2 mins

Reds' contract dance with Salah was always likely to be complex

Revamp after Jürgen Klopp's exit did not help and time is short for Liverpool to make their talisman feel wanted

4 mins

Sweeney's RFU salary rises to £1.1m amid job cuts and losses

The Rugby Football Union chief executive, Bill Sweeney, was paid £1.1m for the 2023-24 financial year despite record losses and swingeing job cuts at the governing body.

1 min

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